PhoneArena Awards 2012: Best Cameraphone

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11 Dec 2012, 10:37posted on

Phones aren't just for calling anymore, and we bet that even your grandparents are well aware of that. Instead, taking photos is what smartphones are used for the most, as recent surveys have shown. And that should come as no surprise: most high-end smartphones can capture images so good that they are well capable of replacing an entry-level point and shoot camera. Therefore, including a 'Best Cameraphone' category in our PhoneArena Awards of 2012 seems quite logical to us...

OHHHHH C'MOOOOOONNNNNN........ this article FORCED me to sign in and coment about how biased this article is. i dont really think this is iphonearena or samsungarena, but i am damn sure they have some grudges with nokia and MS. 90% of the article here directly or indirectly bash both nokia & MS. I used to love this website but now it just makes me sick.

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man i'll never get tierd of this =D
And to respond to *YOUR* senseless reply !!!!
My dear troll, this forum is *SUPPOSED* to be a neutral reviewer so it can help us make our mind from an arbitrary point. But this hasnt been the case right here.
Thats the reason I have started to dislike this website. and let me ask you by using *YOUR* question, what is *YOUR* problem with me disliking this website for its biased reviews ??? I'll be more than happy to here from you :)

wait.. this article is bashing nokia..? So.... did they give a NOKIA THE WIN because they felt sorry for bashing it?

Did you even read? The pureview by NOKIA won. It had nothing to do with OS.. since it runs Nokia's now dead OS, but its by far the most superior camera. It would have won regardless if it was on WP8, Android, Meego, or Bada.

What!!! Am I reading this correctly? MeoCao actually said something not anti about the iPhone. There's hope for u after all n the land on fairness lol. Just kidding man... Gs3, and iPhone r a tops up for 2nd.

man they suck here at PA, who in their right mind can selebrate panorama as a amazing new feature?
When reading the Lumia920 review they complain about no new features to the camera, i guess cinemagraph and smart shoot doesnt count.. (the reason i got the phone, that and the night capabilitys). and then i havnt even mentioned the filming capabilitys.... aaand the Lumia920 got panorama to.. every high end phone got panorama! so whats the reason they shoose ipone5, its not cause its the best, cause its clearly not.. its a great phone but not just the best camerawise.. could you please explain this to me, and everyone else who read your articles...

I don't usually accuse PA of bias (except when it comes to the original Palm Pre review) but this list is seriously messed up. The 920 didn't even crack the top 3? Ridiculous. If Samsungarena was as catchy as iPhonearena, I'd use it to describe them right now.

The reason it's not included is beacuse it has great low light photography, but sub-par daylight photography. The iPhone 5 and GSIII beat it hands down during the day light and still have good (but not as good as the Lumia 920) night time photos.

Did you see their camera comparison? The One X was regularly in the lower ranking of phones, the only phone it consistently surpassed was the Lumia 900, which was a single core phone with a weak camera. The I5 and S3 regularly surpassed it, there may have been a couple of shots the One X was better than the S3 on. Also the video quality didnt rank as good as either of those.

People need to see the camera shootout that was recently posted for what it is. The Iphone 5 almost always outperformed or was on par every other phone when it came to sharpness, white balance, and in most cases color accuracy. People say the Lumia 920 should be on the list, but it only wins in low-light photography which is not enough to make it the best camera phone around. I own a Lumia 900 and really can't stand Apple, but people are blinded by bias, facts remain facts.

Look at the Lumia 920's photos in the shootout, most of them (in sunlight outdoors) came out with a yellow/ green tint and the indoor photos over exaggerated the white balance. Also, the SIII, One X, and Iphone 5 shoot photos with a much faster shutter speed than the 920 (just saying). So while the pureview technology has its perks, the 920 still needs some work. *The 808 pureview is just a beast, in a different class altogether*

Let us all just calm down a little bit, shall we? (Always wanted to say this line.) If you guys take a close look at our Nokia Lumia 920 vs Apple iPhone 5 comparison, you'll see that we never say the 920 takes better outdoor photos. It makes them way too warm and saturated, plus the contrast is too high. The Lumia 920 is definitely better when shooting at night or at very low light conditions, plus it has good image stabilization which also helps when recording video, but that's it. Since normal, daylight photos are often off, we cannot position it next to the "best cameraphones of the year." We decided to stick to the well-rounded smartphones like the iPhone 5 and Galaxy S III, which are great in almost all scenarios, except for night shots. The 808 is obviously a very different story from the 920, that is why it deserves to be called "best camera-phone of the year."

It's where it deserves to be!
Bunch of you expecting from them to put a camera that basically sucks in daylight (as shown in the comparison! ) in the best three list, just shows how disturbingly overhyped that phone is.

Yay 808 making #1, but 920 should be #2 with iphone or Sony as #3. Your own "920 vs ip5" showed the 920 as exceeding the 5 in all respects except still detail, which is fixable with a software update or settings tweaks.

Should be 808
one x
920
phonearena can't do anything without including there I love. The iPhone should come in after the s3. The only reason phonearena picked the 808 is because they knew logically couldn't get away with not having it first bunch of nut sacks

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